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E. NORTON.

GAN-I N. PEYERS. Pvwwuthennpher. washington, D C,

y NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN NORTON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,698, dated December26, 1882.

i Application filed November 23, 1882. (No model.)`

To all whom Iit may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN NORTON, a citizenofthe United States, residing in Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cans,of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in open mouthed sheetmetalcans, wherein the cover is designed to be secured to the can bycoupl ingdevices which operate with a rotaryinorion, andl more particularly toimprovements upon the can for which a patent, No. 235,275, washeretofore granted to me uiider date of December 7, 1880.

In the present invention the seamless band or ring is provided with aninturned flange at each edge, which not only gives a stronger and lirmerconstruction to the seamless ring, but renders it unnecessary to secureit to the canbody7 at more than one edge, thus saving' the soldering`ot'oiie seam and inateriallylesseiiing ihe'cost as well as producing` abetter can.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specitication,and in which similar letters ot' reference indicate like parts,Fig ure 1is a side elevation of a can embodying my invention. Fig. 2 shows theseamless ring before being secured to the cari-body. Fig. 3 is a sectionshowing cover removed, and Fig. 4 is a section showing cover applied.

1n the drawings, A represents the cali-body,

' preferably provided with an oli'set or shoulder,

a, at its top edge.

B, is the seamless band or ring. It is provided with an inturned ljangeat each edge b and-b. The uppertlange, b, hasitsedge turned down to forma shoulder, b2, which iits inside the can-body, and is secured orsoldered there t0.

C is the can cover. The cover C and the seamless ring or band B are bothstamped out by dies, so that they of course accurately tit each other,and they are provided with suitable coupling devices, c and c', forsecuring the cover iight upon the can. To insure a tight joint, a paperor other gasket, d, if de` sired, may be interposed between the coverand the top of the seamless ring. The cover C is provided with acircular recess or d epression, d', in which the gasket tits, and whichalso serves to strengthen the cover.

The strengtheniiig-tlange bat the lower edge of the depending seamlessring may, if pre` ferred, be turned outward or formed into a hollow beador imitation wire, or this strengthen'- ing-flange may be omitted.

By using a depending seamless ring instead of soldering the seamlessring at both its upper and lower edge, as shown in my former patentabove referred to, while the seamless regularities in the h't ot' thecan-cover and seamless ring occasioned by irregularities in solderingthe lower edge `ot the seamless ring rigidly to the can-body.

I claiinl l. The combination, with a can-body, of a seamless ring orbreast secured thereto, and provided with an inturned flange at eachedge, su bstantially as specitied.

2. The combination, with a can-body, ot a depending seamless ring havingan inturned flange at'the top,joined to the can-body,;and a cover, saidcover and seamless ring being provided with coupling devices,substantially as specified.

EDWIN NORTON.

Witnesses:

H. M. MUNDAY, T. EvnRE'rT BROWN.

